Market Opportunity

In 2016, consumers permanently stored
1.138 trillion new photos. Photographs from traditional cameras do not record
the amount of light over a certain levels. Traditionally photos are processed
into JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF and RAW files. These image types are low-dynamic and
often struggle to have a clear contrast ratio. Photographers require their
cameras to take photos with different exposure levels. New algorithmic tools
have made high-dynamic range images a reality for both professional equipment
and mobile telephones. While consumers can now take HDR images on their
devices, they cannot view their low-dynamic range images as HDR images.

USC Solution

USC researchers have developed HDR Shop,
an interactive graphical user interface image processing and manipulation
system. The algorithm is designed for creating, viewing, and processing HDR
images. Additionally, this software is capable of transforming almost every
low-dynamic digital format into a high-dynamic range image.